The Prediction

“Every picture tells its story.” – words expressed by my former art teacher Udo Steinmann many years ago.

In my gallery, you will find a self-portrait from the year 2006 I also created a blog-post for. I thought by myself, now, 14 years later (!!) it would be good to work at a current one – so I began.

Man, can tell ya’ – it will take a while to get there! I remember how I tried my first “Grand Jeté” (it’s a ballet move :)) after having paused for three months during the first lockdown this year – a disaster: You feel like lifting three times harder than usual and all of your movements seem so incredibly tardy and weak. Same thing with drawing: “Definitely not like it’s supposed to be!” – the first steps to take are always the hardest, in every life situation.

Nevertheless, I think motivation starts at the point you share your progress with others – the results may not be terrific (you might even hate them :)) – BUT all of those tryings are able to tell stories! Here are mine from the beginning of this week:

THE DETAILED. Pencil on paper. 20.12.2020: